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The Rwanda Energy Survey highlights significant progress in expanding electricity access, with 63.9% of households now connected,though rural areas and refugee camps still face substantial gaps in both electricity and clean cooking services. Targeted policies are needed to address these disparities and advance toward universal energy access by 2030
Henry Nyakarundi, the brain behind African Renewable Energy Development (ARED), suggests that the current regulation makes it hard for investors in renewable energy to deploy and scale their investments. The problem, he says, is that the government is the regulator and at the same time a player in the same sector.
The collaboration aims to enhance energy access in Rwanda by developing grid extensions and deploying grid-tied solar generation units, known as ARCs, across the country. The initiative will provide electricity to at least 40,000 households, schools, and health centers for the first time, significantly boosting Rwanda’s clean energy mix.
Rwanda became the headquarters of Africa’s innovation financing facility, known as timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation. The foundation launched by African leaders in January this year at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, is a bold partnership between UNDP, African governments, and the private sector.

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